The main ingredient in cigarettes is tobacco. Tobacco is a green, leafy plant that is grown in warm climates.It has been suggested that smoking related disease kills one half of all long term smokers but these disease may also be contracted by non-smokers.A 2007 report states that every year,about 4.9 million people worldwide die as a result of smoking.Tobacco is most actively used and less used are cannabis and opium.Today medical studies have proven that smoking tobacco is among the leading causes of many diseases such as lung cancer,heart attacks,erectile dysfunction and can also lead to birth effects.
Every pack of cigarettes has a warning from the Surgeon General stating that smoking can be harmful to your health. You are not stupid. You understand this. You feel the harmful effects every time that you cough or have a sore throat, but this has not stopped you from smoking. Why? Because the reasons for smoking are mostly psychological. People are seduced to try tobacco by the glamorization of smoking in the movies and in advertisements. Addiction to nicotine makes it hard to quit smoking once you have started, but this addiction can be overcome in two weeks once the psychological reasons for smoking are eliminated.
Most people start smoking as teens. Those who have friends and/or parents who smoke are more likely to start smoking than those who don't. Some teens say that they "just wanted to try it," or they thought it was "cool" to smoke. Anyone who has used Tobacco is likely to become addicted to nicotine. Studies show that it is most likely to become a habit in teen years. They start in teenage years and become addicted by the time they reach adulthood. Some people try to quit but have returned to cigarettes because smoking is a strong addiction. Young people mostly smoke to look mature. Older ones, have other reasons, some of them have been depression or pressure. And for some people, It just gives them pleasure, makes them feel good.
The First Cigarette
Much of this guilt feeling can lead directly to one's first cigarette, which the older generation remember as a forbidden and sinful thing. Their fathers considered the habit a bad problem, whereas many parents nowadays have adopted a "modern" attitude toward smoking.
"No, Thanks, I'll Smoke My Own"This is the reply most smokers give when they are offered a brand different from their own. Brand loyalty among smokers is strong and persistent. Individuals smoke one brand consistently, so that they become identified with it.
Smoking can't give you and our environment more then destruction.
So Quit Smoking,Breathe Healthily,Live Happily
Addiction can start immediately due to thenicotine present in tobacco. The chemical is quickly absorbed into the bloodstream when inhaled and soon enters the brain. The result is an adrenaline rush and release of neurotransmitters like dopamine, beta- endorphin, and norepinephrine.There result in pleasure, appetite suppression, and lessened anxiety. The highly addictive substance causes a chemical dependency, meaning the body will crave for it. It is one of the reasons quitting can seem so difficult. Tar is also present in tobacco. It is a black, thick substance that can coat the little hairs, the cilia, lining one's respiratory tract. It makes it hard for the hair to move, compromising one's ability to filter out particles in the air.
"Today I celebrate the miracle of being a healthy non-smoker"
I am proud to say that I have enough experience with life to have learned how to cherish life's little miracles with the same enthusiasm as I do the large.A miracle, defined in the dictionary as something that defies scientific laws, an event or act that challenges logic, is exactly what I am living.
Today I celebrate the miracle of being a healthy non-smoker. I have accomplished no other deed that compares to this. No other achievement in my life touches the hem of gaining and retaining my life back from the world of the "smoking section".
There are many many roads to becoming an ex-smoker. Mine was not the straight and narrow nor was my trip the "shortest distance between two points". I took the long way around. Why?, blurred vision, inability to make a commitment?, or plain laziness?. All of the above, plus 3 or 4 less logical excuses assisted my reasoning, which allowed me to continue smoking when I knew that there was no good thing about it.I won't dwell on my past smoking experiences. I've given enough of my life to a cause whose only return has robbed me of the quality and quantity of time that I may have to spend with my loved ones.
I will clarify, subjectively, the advantages of becoming a remaining a non-smoker.
Children
Anyone that has, loves or wants a child would do himself or herself a huge favor of not smoking. The impression that you make on children by what you do or, more important, don't do is more than you know.
Health
Your health will make or break you, literally. No matter how many old people you see smoking, you will never live to your expectant age if you continue to tell yourself that not every smoker dies early from cancer. The age that you do live to see will not be comfortable or enjoyable.
Time
I once read that smokers are better managers of time than non-smokers. So, I prided myself on being able to plan my next cigarette break before I even finished my current cigarette break, being able to remember to stop between destinations to restock. Progressive? Psychic? Neither, and anyone who still believes that they need a cigarette (a depressant), to figure out life's problems are not using the full capacity of their brain to start with.
Cost
A two-edged sword. I had convinced myself that$3.25 was not a lot to pay for my habit. I never asked anyone to purchase my cigarettes, and it was a small amount when you consider that other ILLEGAL drugs were much more. I work every day, and I am worth a mere $3.25, right? Right, but my life is worth more than that. Plus, I really do notice those extra bills in my pocket.
Smell
I can only laugh at my attempt to conceal the smell of smoke in my hair, clothes, skin, car, house, and mouth. I can now smell smoke from a block away. About the same distance that non-smokers smelt me from, no matter how sweet the perfume, gum or air freshener I used to carry with me at all times.
Making the decision to stop smoking has nothing to do with remaining a non-smoker. Ask any smoker about quitting. It's not the hard part. Remaining a quitter is more than a notion.
A small miracle or a large miracle? I cannot say. I do know that after exhausting all my natural powers, I kept praying for assistance to conquer a habit that half the world considers to be normal and the other half knows by it's true name: an addiction that causes cancer, emphysema, pain, and early death.
Here Karen covers the various aspects of smoking that makes it a negative deed. In a nutshell she is able to become a motivation to all smokers who wish to get rid of this habit.Quit Smoking, it is never too late. The first fe weeks might be difficult, but once you get out of the binds of smoking, you will realize you have ended a bad phase of your life. Suchsuccess stories are the ones that give people the hope to BELIEVE.
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India- the nation of Gandhi and Tagore, Ambani and Tata, Bachchan and Helen, and many more great figures first took major action in 1975. The piece of legislation stated health warnings needed to be presented on all cigarette packages. Over the years, more restrictions were applied. Cities like Chandigarh and Shimla are smoke free, there is a nationwide ban on smoking in public places, and prominent picture warnings must be placed on all tobacco products. Cigarette and alcohol advertises are prohibited and smoking scenes in India's Bollywood are prohibited, unless a warning about the harmful effects of smoking is displayed during the scene.
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) envisions a tobacco world free -related damage, disease and death. This is accomplished by taking action to educate the public and decision makers, track the tobacco industry, and work for sensible public policies at the local, national and global levels. ASH is not anti-smoker , it is anti-tobacco. ASH is a leader in this movement and has been since its inception in 1967.ASH supports the global war on tobacco by working with and supporting the Framework Convention Alliance, a coalition made up of hundreds of individual organizations in more than 100 countries. All of the organizations work together to enforce and effectuate the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control " the world's first international anti-smoking and nonsmokers' rights treaty.
As United Nations Buildings are not the subject of any national jurisdiction,the U.N. has its own smoking and non-smoking policies.Following the gradual introduction of partial smoking restrictions between 1985 and 2003,Secratary-General Kofi Anaan introduced in 2003 a total prohibition upon smokingat U.N. Headquarters.Similar restrictions have not been introduced in field offices of the United Nations worldwide. Some specialised Agencies of the U.N.,such as United Nations Children's Fund(UNCF) and the World Health Organisation(WHO)have their own strict smoke-free regulation s that apply to their offices worldwide,but the same is not necessarily true for entities of the Secretariat,such as the Department of Peacekeeping Operations nad the Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs(OCHA).O nly on 13 December 2007, OCHA introduced a smoke-free regulation applicable to all its filed offices.
In a country known for its Great Wall, delicious food, New Year celebrations, and, unfortunately, high smoking rates, steps to regulate smoking have not gone very well for China. There's a ban on public smoking in places like schools, hospitals, and stadiums, butpoor reinforcement of the bans had led to a minimal change in the country's tobacco consumption. There is also regulation of smoking in films. The government declared any inappropriate forms of smoking, such as minors smoking or adults smoking in public areas where it is banned will be removed from the movie.
United States, the land of golden opportunities and the American dream,unfortunate- ly does not have a nationwide smoking ban implemented by Congress. The only federally implemented smoking bans are those on US aircrafts and buildings owned by the Executive Branch of the government. The bans in the states are passed and implemented by each of the fifty individual states themselves. The state of California was the first to move for a state wide smoking ban restricting smoking in indoor working spaces. 28 of the 50 states, as of January 2014 have smoking restrictions applying to public places. Advertising, however, is a different story. In 1970, Congress passed a law banning cigarette advertisements both on the tv and radio. Currently, all cigarette boxes must have a label with a warning by the Surgeon General, advertising of cigarettes on billboards and public transportation in banned in most states, and the Tobacco Control Act restricts tobacco sales.
Recently in the spotlight because of excitement over the Royal Wedding and Royal Baby,England has also been tackling the worldwide problem of smoking. A plan of action implemented by the UK ensuressmoking is restricted in many areas, including England. Smoking is prohibited in indoor public areas like workplaces and public transport, tobacco advertising is mostly restricted, and packaging must include prominent warnings on the front and back of the box. Through these measures, England was actually been able to lower the number of smokers to less than 21% of its inhabitants, according to a 2010 paper in the UK Department of Health's archives.
A. If you are currently a smoker, do you think a smoking ban would encourage you to quit? What according to you are the ways we should follow to reduce the number of smokers?B. What is your personal feeling about smoking in public places? Would you socialize more if there is a ban in smoking in public? Why? C. In what ways and places would you ban smoking if given a chance to and mention the ways that the society will benefit from it. 
radz under effects major title u want this or under effects on organs????coz i guess if we put both under organs one..thn that wont look good...coz its not having ny write-upOriginally posted by: bmtdluver
Reset, can you move the 'it's never just one cigarette' thing I made to under the effects part instead, rather than having it under the second hand smoke part?
cm'on ady..ofcourse if u have got one...thn why i wont add that...after all its yor hard work😆..n u deserve applaud for this👏Reet, I got a petition signed by 150 people saying they are against smoking? Do you want to put it up?
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